Thread.Start() versus ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem()

Question

The Microsoft .NET Base Class Library provides several ways to create a thread and start it. Basically the invocation is very similar to every other one providing the same k

Answer 1

ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem() is basically for fire-and-forget scenarios, when application doesn't depend on whether operations will finish or not.

Use classic threads for fine-grained control.